1776 All-Stars: Samuel Adams Was the Most Libertarian Founder

When I began my career in higher education, a college degree was universally viewed as part of the American dream. It was promised as a ticket to a flourishing life, and families would sacrifice almost anything to get their children into a university. Today, the American view has shifted. As I interact with alumni, community […]

Pick up a copy of Kit Chellel’s recent book Lucky Devils, and you might think you’re getting “the true story of three rebel gamblers who beat the odds and changed the game.” That’s the subtitle, after all. But what you’re actually getting is a stranger, sadder, more fascinating book about obsession for obsession’s sake, a […]

For the better part of a decade, Yale has served as a kind of national shorthand for everything contested about American higher education. The 2015 confrontation over Nicholas and Erika Christakis and a Halloween email became a parable about free expression and the emotional claims of students. The renaming of Calhoun College as Grace Hopper […]

The intoxicating hemp industry and its allies are quickly running out of time to convince Congress to delay or stop a looming ban on their products. Without action, a ban on hemp-derived intoxicants will take effect in November. There's bipartisan interest in disrupting the ban — which was championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and included the last fall's government funding...